Mae Questel
Department: Acting
Biography
Mae Questel (September 13, 1908–January 4, 1998) was an American actress and vocal artist best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. She began in vaudeville, and played occasional small roles in films and television later in her career, most notably the role of Aunt Bethany in 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Known For
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Cookin' with Gags
1955
The Farmer and the Belle
1950
Alpine for You
1951
Olive Oyl for President
1948
Firemen's Brawl
1953
Wigwam Whoopee
1948
A Bicep Built for Two
1955
Mousieur Herman
1955
Cat In The Act
1957
From Mad to Worse
1957
Felineous Assault
1959
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
Fun At The Fair
1952
Planet Mouseola
1960
Trouble Date
1960
Talking Horse Sense
1959
Miners Forty Niners
1951
Tweet Music
1951
Land of Lost Watches
1951
Stork Raving Mad
1958
Counter Attack
1960
The Cobweb Hotel
1936
Big Bad Sindbad
1952
Child Sockology
1953
Beaus Will Be Beaus
1955
Swimmer Take All
1952
Quick on the Vigor
1950
Lunch with a Punch
1952
Vacation with Play
1951
Thrill of Fair
1951
Let's Stalk Spinach
1951
Popeye Makes a Movie
1950
Jitterbug Jive
1950
Beach Peach
1950
Gym Jam
1950
Barking Dogs Don't Fite
1949
Snow Place Like Home
1948
It's Only Money
1962
Ice Scream
1957
Popeye and the Giant
1960
One Hour with You
1932
The Lost Chick
1935
Funny Girl
1968
House Cleaning Blues
1937
The Impractical Joker
1937
Mess Production
1945
For Better or Nurse
1945
Shape Ahoy
1945
Barbecue for Two
1960
New York Stories
1989
Taking the Blame
1935
The Candid Candidate
1937
Hansel and Gretel
1958
Training Pigeons
1936
Mister and Mistletoe
1955
Tops in the Big Top
1945
Quack-a Doodle-Doo
1950
Spinach Packin' Popeye
1944
The Friendly Ghost
1945
I Don't Scare
1956
Snow-White
1933
Time on My Hands
1932
Be Human
1936
The Kids in the Shoe
1935
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
1932
Silly Scandals
1931
Rudy Vallee Melodies
1932
Romantic Melodies
1932
Mother Goose Land
1933
Betty Boop's Museum
1932
A Majority of One
1961
Bimbo's Initiation
1931
Flip Flap
1948
A-Haunting We Will Go
1949
Assault and Flattery
1956
A Haul in One
1956
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Paneless Window Washer
1937
Floor Flusher
1954
You're Not Built That Way
1936
Pudgy Picks a Fight
1937
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
The Old Man of the Mountain
1933
The Tears of an Onion
1938
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
1932
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
1934
Chess-Nuts
1932
A Job for a Gob
1955
Swat the Fly
1935
Penny Antics
1955
Clown on the Farm
1952
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
1935
Popeye the Sailor
1933
Starting from Hatch
1953
Huey's Ducky Daddy
1953
Scout Fellow
1951
Git Along Lil' Duckie
1955
Party Smarty
1951
One Quack Mind
1951
Private Eye Popeye
1954
Popeye's Service Station
1960
To Boo or Not to Boo
1951
The Deep Boo Sea
1952
Ghost of the Town
1952
Frightday the 13th
1953
I Yam Love Sick
1938
Is My Palm Read
1933
For Better or Worser
1935
A Clean Shaven Man
1936
Brotherly Love
1936
Bridge Ahoy!
1936
Betty Boop's Birthday Party
1933
Choose Your 'Weppins'
1935
I Wanna Be a Life Guard
1936
The Seapreme Court
1954
Let's Get Movin'
1936
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs
1932
Crazy-Town
1932
Kitty Cornered
1955
Gabriel Churchkitten
1944
Pest Pupil
1957
Jumping with Toy
1957
The Two-Alarm Fire
1934
Stopping the Show
1932
Never Kick a Woman
1936
Bimbo's Express
1931
Betty Boop, M.D.
1932
Little Swee'pea
1936
Hold the Wire
1936
Betty Boop's Big Boss
1933
Betty Boop for President
1932
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
1932
The Spinach Roadster
1936
I'm in the Army Now
1936
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
1948
Spinach vs Hamburgers
1948
Silly Hillbilly
1949
Baby Wants a Battle
1953
Betty Boop's Penthouse
1933
Organ Grinder's Swing
1937
More Pep
1936
The Dance Contest
1934
We Aim to Please
1934
Beware of Barnacle Bill
1935
Be Kind to 'Aminals'
1935
Betty Boop and the Little King
1936
Pleased to Meet Cha!
1935
Zelig
1983
Swab the Duck
1956
You Gotta Be a Football Hero
1935
Poop Goes the Weasel
1955
Popeye's Mirthday
1953
Taxi-Turvy
1954
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
1954
Hector's Hectic Life
1948
Toreadorable
1953
Operation Ice-Tickle
1961
Minnie the Moocher
1932
Betty Boop's Trial
1934
The Big Fun Carnival
1957
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
1936
King of the Mardi Gras
1935
Adventures of Popeye
1935
The Spinach Overture
1935
The Foxy Hunter
1937
Service with a Smile
1937
A Battery of Songs
1930
My Artistical Temperature
1937
Betty Boop's Little Pal
1934
The Twisker Pitcher
1937
Betty Boop's Prize Show
1934
Mutiny Ain't Nice
1938
Hospitaliky
1937
Nearlyweds
1957
Spooky Swabs
1957
Hill-billing and Cooing
1956
Teacher's Pest
1950
Pudgy the Watchman
1938
Stop That Noise
1935
The New Deal Show
1937
Shiver Me Timbers!
1934
Can You Take It
1934
The Betty Boop Limited
1932
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024
Ancient Fistory
1953
Riding the Rails
1938
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
1937
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
1936
I Likes Babies and Infinks
1937
Dutch Treat
1956
Law and Audrey
1952
Wayward
1932
I Never Changes My Altitude
1937
Let's Celebrake
1938
Betty Boop and Grampy
1935
Learn Polikeness
1938
I Heard
1933
Keep in Style
1934
Fowl Play
1937
I Eats My Spinach
1933
A Dream Walking
1934
Axe Me Another
1934
The Football Toucher Downer
1937
Ha! Ha! Ha!
1934
Be Up to Date
1938
Zula Hula
1937
Protek the Weakerist
1937
When My Ship Comes In
1934
Crazytown
1954
Just One More Chance
1932
Fright to the Finish
1954
All's Fair at the Fair
1947
Shoein' Hosses
1934
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
1934
There's Something About a Soldier
1934
Bride and Gloom
1954
She-Sick Sailors
1944
Out to Punch
1956
Parlez Vous Woo
1956
Just a Gigolo
1932
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
1936
Minding the Baby
1931
Hot Resort
1985
Christmas Comes But Once a Year
1936
Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
1933
New Shoes
1936
Hooky Spooky
1957
Puppet Love
1944
Penguin for Your Thoughts
1956
Boo Scout
1951
Kitty from Kansas City
1931
Baby Be Good
1935
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh
1938
The House Builder-Upper
1938
A Date to Skate
1938
Santa's Surprise
1947
Gift of Gag
1955
House Tricks?
1946
Move
1970
Mother Goose Melodies
1931
Buzzy Boop at the Concert
1938
Bunny Mooning
1937
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy
1936
The Musical Doctor
1932
Line of Screammage
1956
Dancing on the Moon
1935
Land of the Lost Jewels
1950
Birds in the Spring
1933
Popeye for President
1956
The Crystal Brawl
1957
The Hyp-Nut-Tist
1935
Fit to Be Toyed
1959
I'll Be Skiing Ya
1947
Pre-Hysterical Man
1948
Robin Hood-Winked
1948
Symphony in Spinach
1948
Lumberjack and Jill
1949
Hot Air Aces
1949
A Balmy Swami
1949
Tar with a Star
1949
Strong to the Finich
1934
Morning, Noon and Night Club
1937
Lost and Foundry
1937
Somewhere in Dreamland
1936
Abusement Park
1947
The Royal Four-Flusher
1947
The Island Fling
1946
Peep in the Deep
1946
Popeye and the Pirates
1947
Wotta Knight
1947
Safari So Good
1947
The Fistic Mystic
1946
Rodeo Romeo
1946
Service with a Guile
1946
Rocket to Mars
1946
Klondike Casanova
1946
A Little Soap and Water
1935
Popeye's Premiere
1949
Grampy's Indoor Outing
1936
Making Friends
1936
Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo
1944
Happy You and Merry Me
1936
Spinach Greetings
1960
The Fulla Bluff Man
1940
Matinee Idol Popeye
1960
Weight for Me
1961
Little Nobody
1935
The Hot Air Salesman
1937
Hits and Missiles
1960
Jeep Tale
1960
Plumbers Pipe Dream
1960
A Language All My Own
1935
Judge for a Day
1935
We Did It
1936
Seeing Double
1960
Owly to Bed
1959
Sir Irving and Jeames
1956
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941
Admission Free
1932
Our Funny Finny Friends
1949
Casper's Spree Under the Sea
1950
The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons
2025
Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945-1963
2011
Noveltoons: Original Classics
2012
Snow Foolin'
1949
Making Stars
1935
Pig-a-Boo
1952
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1
2013
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2
2013
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3
2014
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4
2014
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Naked City
1958
Cartoon Alley
2004
Popeye the Sailor
1960
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962